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My cylinder, buffer tank and the hot water circulating pump are in a room underneath my bedroom (which has become noticeably warmer). There was audibl...
That happened with my installation. Whoever had been sent to the plumbing suppliers to buy various parts got the wrong type of valve. Once the system ...
I've done a quick analysis of data collected by a pair of Elitech RC5+ temperature loggers for the period 20 - 22 January to look for defrosting cycle...
I very rarely hear my 7kW Arotherm+ but have twice heard it roar at the end of the defrosting cycle when it's blown out a cloud of fog. It's fitted un...
@Ajbevster If the OAT is reading 10C high then it might be possible to offset this by setting the target house temperature as 10C high until the OAT s...
@davidm06 I think 14C is better than 10C as it keeps a bit more heat in the house. I recall, without checking the documentation, that Vaillant defaul...
At a house temperature of 10C there won't be much thermal energy in the circulating water to make defrosting quick and easy. I wonder if the heat pump...
@jamespa: You might want to go easy on the abbreviations when someone is trying to understand how their heat pump works and may end up wondering why a...
@transparent Amazon, for some reason, isn't cooperating with me today and 2 of the 3 links I have posted aren't working properly. Search Amazon for "E...
@Alfapat: The inverter should provide the capability to ramp up the compressor speed but I notice that there is almost a factor of two difference betw...
@Richard24738 Thanks for the clarification. I await your conclusion.
Your system is worse than normal for something that has been very badly configured! My first thought is that you should turn up the radiator temperatu...
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